Tragedies: Literally Translated Into English Prose, with NotesTalboys, 1833 |
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... thyself beholdest , is now over- roughly tossing on the surge , and from the abysses of that ensanguined surge is no longer able freely to lift her head ; withering in the husks that envelope the fruits of the soil , withering in the ...
... thyself beholdest , is now over- roughly tossing on the surge , and from the abysses of that ensanguined surge is no longer able freely to lift her head ; withering in the husks that envelope the fruits of the soil , withering in the ...
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... thyself ] . Since if in sooth thou wilt govern this our realm , as surely thou dost sway it , it is more noble to sway it with a people , than desolate . For neither tower nor ship is aught , if destitute of men as- sociating therein ...
... thyself ] . Since if in sooth thou wilt govern this our realm , as surely thou dost sway it , it is more noble to sway it with a people , than desolate . For neither tower nor ship is aught , if destitute of men as- sociating therein ...
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... them into banishment from the land . Do thou , therefore , on thy part , grudging us neither response from augury , nor if thou hast other way of divination whatever , redeem thyself and the state 14 288-310 . CEDIPUS TYRANNUS .
... them into banishment from the land . Do thou , therefore , on thy part , grudging us neither response from augury , nor if thou hast other way of divination whatever , redeem thyself and the state 14 288-310 . CEDIPUS TYRANNUS .
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... thyself and the state , redeem me , redeem the whole pollution of the dead . For in thy hands we are ; but for a man to do benefit from such means as he may have and can use , is of labours the most glorious . TIRESIAS . Woe , woe , how ...
... thyself and the state , redeem me , redeem the whole pollution of the dead . For in thy hands we are ; but for a man to do benefit from such means as he may have and can use , is of labours the most glorious . TIRESIAS . Woe , woe , how ...
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... thyself thus un- softened and unsatisfying ? TIR . Thou hast complained of my ill humour , but thine own that dwells with thee hast thou not dis- cerned ' ; yet blamest thou me . CED . I do ; for who would not be incensed at hear- ing ...
... thyself thus un- softened and unsatisfying ? TIR . Thou hast complained of my ill humour , but thine own that dwells with thee hast thou not dis- cerned ' ; yet blamest thou me . CED . I do ; for who would not be incensed at hear- ing ...
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Achilles Ægisthus Æschylus Agamemnon Ajax ancient Antigone art thou Atridæ aught bear behold Brunck child Chorus Clytemnestra Creon daughter dead death deed Deianira didst dost thou dreadful earth Edipus Electra Euripides Eurytus evil eyes fate father fear friends gods Greeks hand hast thou hath hear heard heaven Hercules Herm Hermann hither honour Ismene Jove king knowest Laïus lament land least lest look MESS misery mortal mother murder Musgrave Neoptolemus never oh father Orestes pain Pelops perished Philoctetes Polybus Polynices present quod sayest thou scholiast Sophocles sorrow speak stranger suffer sure Tecmessa tell Teucer Thebes thee Theseus thine things thou art thou hast thou shalt thou wilt thyself tomb translates Troy Ulysses unhappy utter virgins wert Wherefore wilt thou wish woman words wouldst wretched καὶ
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Página 158 - Between the acting of a dreadful thing And the first motion, all the interim is Like a phantasma, or a hideous dream : The genius, and the mortal instruments, Are then in council; and the state of man, Like to a little kingdom, suffers then The nature of an insurrection.
Página 209 - Merciful heaven! What, man! ne'er pull your hat upon your brows; Give sorrow words: the grief that does not speak Whispers the o'erfraught heart, and bids it break.
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